How long does it take to read Blacklist?
a V.I. Warshawski novel
Blacklist by Sara Paretsky takes about 8 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of V. I. Warshawski
Previous: Blood Shot
About 8 hours 24 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2003. 458 pages, about 125,950 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Checking up on empty family mansions for an old client, V.I. surprises an intruder and subsequently discovers the dead body of a missing reporter who disappeared during the McCarthy era, a find that has links to two prestigious Chicago families and leads to her involvement in the search for a missing boy with terrorist connections.
Subjects: V. I. Warshawski (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories, Journalists, Crimes against, Fiction
